Self-reported weight status rather than BMI may be closely related to psychopathological symptoms among Mainland Chinese adolescents

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 307-311

  Huang, Lei ^a   Tao, Fang Biao ^a   Wan, Yu Hui ^a   Xing, Chao ^a   Hao, Jiahu ^a   Su, Pu Yu ^a   Xing, Xiu Ya ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Psychopathological symptoms; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYMPTOM; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961074034     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp097     Document Type: Article

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